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Stirton, C.H. and Clark, Vincent Ralph and Barker, N.P. and Muasya, A.M. (2011) Psoralea margaretiflora (Psoraleeae, Fabaceae): A new species from the Sneeuberg Centre of Floristic Endemism, Eastern Cape, South Africa. PhytoKeys, 5 . pp. 31-38. ISSN 1314-2003 (online) 1314-2011 (print)
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Abstract
A new species of Psoralea is described. Psoralea margaretiflora C.H. Stirton & V.R. Clark is endemic to the Sneeuberg Centre of Floristic Endemism, Eastern Cape, South Africa. This resprouter is characterised by its small greenish-white flowers with a small trifid purple nectar patch and translucent veins; 5(–7)-pinnate leaflets; multi-branching erect short seasonal flowering shoots; and tall habit of many stiff bare stems with the seasonal shoots massed at the apex. It is most similar to P. oligophylla Eckl. & Zeyh., a widespread species found in the Eastern Cape. The reseeder P. oligophylla differs in its lax virgate spreading habit with numerous long glaucous seasonal shoots; single stem, 1(–3)- glaucous leaflets; more numerous white flowers; and standard petals with a purple ring surrounding a bright yellow nectar patch.
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| Additional Information: | Research article: http://www.pensoft.net/journals/phytokeys/about/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Eastern Cape, endemic, Fabaceae, Great Escarpment, Leguminosae, new species, Psoraleeae, Psoralea, Sneeuberg Centre, South Africa, taxonomy |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QK Botany |
| Divisions: | Faculty > Faculty of Science > Botany |
| ID Code: | 3185 |
| Deposited By: | Mrs Eileen Shepherd |
| Deposited On: | 17 Aug 2012 09:59 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Aug 2012 09:59 |
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